Awards & Recognition:

1. Jawaharlal Nehru University has won the annual Visitor’s Award for the Best University 2017.

Deepak Pant from Central University of Himachal Pradesh won the Visitor’s Award for ‘Innovation’.

The awards will be presented during a function as part of the Festival of Innovations.

2. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has entered the Limca Book of World Records for erecting 200 U-shaped girders in a month.

The 30-km-long corridor will be completely elevated and will have 21 stations.

3. Former US President Barack Obama has been named as the winner of the 2017 John F. Kennedy ‘Profile in Courage’

He has been honored for his enduring commitment to democratic ideals and elevating the standard of political courage in a new century.

4. The Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar presented the Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and Citation for the best Service Hospital in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2016 to INHS Asvini, Mumbai.

Commandant of INHS Asvini Mumbai, Surgeon Rear Admiral Ravi Kalra received the awards from the Minister on behalf of the Hospital.

Appointments & Resignations:

1. Omar al-Bashir was sworn in as Sudan’s first prime minister since the post was scrapped in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup.

He was named prime minister by the executive bureau of the president’s National Congress Party (NCP).

Economics & Banking GK:

1. Justice Arijit Pasayat, said Rs 70,000 crore of black money has been detected so far.

Special Investigation Team will submit its sixth report to Supreme court in April 2017.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU):

1. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the RotaryIndia signed a MoU for the success of Namami Gange Programme.

The collaboration would initially focus on synergizing the strength of Rotary International for Ganga Rejuvenation without any additional financial commitment from NMCG.

Important Dates:

1. The World Wildlife Day was observed across the world on 3 March 2017.

The theme of 2017 is Listen to the young voices.

The day is seen as an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora.